On October 22, the CPAFFC Vice President Mme. Lin Yi met with Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II, the traditional leader in Nigeria.

Mme. Lin Yi extended her warm welcome to His Highness Emir for visiting China again. She said that last year, Emir visited China at the invitation of the CPAFFC, during which the two sides had made useful attempts in promoting China-Nigeria exchanges in areas like local government, trade and education. She expects that the CPAFFC will maintain contact with Emir to jointly deepen the pragmatic cooperation in all areas between China and Nigeria.

Emir of Kano recalled with delight his visit to China last year. He expressed his willingness to actively exert his influence as a traditional leader, in order to enhance Nigeria-China cooperation in trade, agriculture, production capacity, vocational training etc,.

The two sides also exchanged views on hotspot issues such as China-US trade conflicts. H.E. Mr. Baba Ahmad Jidda, the Nigerian Ambassador to China, and Mr. Li Hai, Deputy Director General of the Department of Asian and African Affairs, was present at the meeting.